Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Kun:
もと
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
  • 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
  • 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
  • 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
  • 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
  • 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • materia prima
  • elemental
  • normal
  • usual

Portuguese

  • elementar
  • princípio
  • descoberto
  • nu

French

  • élément
  • principe
  • nu
  • découvert
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
759 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
737 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
717 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
797 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1623 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1707 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3108 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1546 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27300 Morohashi
2458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
6a4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
5090.3 Four corner code
1-33-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d20 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
timber, trees, wood, establish, set up
Kun:
On:
ジュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
988 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 樹木 【ジュモク】 tree, trees and shrubs
  • 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
  • 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
  • 広葉樹 【コウヨウジュ】 broadleaf tree, broad-leaved tree

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 一樹 【いちじゅ】 one tree, a tree
  • 楷の木 【かいのき】 Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)

Readings

Japanese names:
いつき、 うえ、 こ、 しげ、 じ、 たちき、 たつ、 たつる、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • árbol
  • vegetación
  • establecer

Portuguese

  • Madeira-de-lei
  • madeira

French

  • grume
  • bois
897 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
888 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1034 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2377 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1053 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1446 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2483 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1144 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1197 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1853 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1117 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1363 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1458 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15496 Morohashi
1075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2878 New Nelson (John Haig)
1446 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
993 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1848 2001 Kanji
4a12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4490.0 Four corner code
1-28-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a39 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar
Kun:
あぶら
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1548 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脂肪 【シボウ】 fat, grease, blubber, lard, suet
  • 脂質 【シシツ】 lipid
  • 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
  • 皮脂 【ヒシ】 sebum, sebaceous matter

Kun reading compounds

  • 脂 【あぶら】 fat, tallow, lard, grease
  • 脂っこい 【あぶらっこい】 greasy, fatty, oily
  • 背脂 【せあぶら】 back fat, fatty upper part of roast pork

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • grasa
  • sebo
  • resina

Portuguese

  • gordura
  • graxa
  • sêbo
  • banha
  • resina
  • goma
  • asfalto

French

  • gras
  • graisse
  • suif
  • lard
  • résine
  • gomme
  • goudron
1319 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1505 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3766 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1577 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
848 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1042 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1083 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1350 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1031 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
649 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
861 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
466 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29463 Morohashi
954 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4808 New Nelson (John Haig)
456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
494 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3978 2001 Kanji
4b6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7226.1 Four corner code
1-27-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8102 Unicode hex code